Machine for automatically cementing buttons on cards



Nov. 30, 1954 \E. FARKAS ETAL 2,695,651 MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CEMENTING BUTTONS on CARDS Filed Feb. 12, 1953 s Sheets-Sheet i EUGENE FARKAS RALPH TATULLE INVENTORS TTORNEY l l Q ALBERT LERIER BY W w Q m a QM lllipll 1 I: l 1 J umv 4 M g T MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CEMENTING BUTTONS ON CARDS 8 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 12, 1953 EUGENE FARKAS RALPH TATULLE ALBERT LERNER INVENTORS ATTORNEY Nov. 30, 1954 E. FARKAS ET AL 2,595,651

MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CEMENTING BUTTONS ON CARDS Filed Feb. 12, 1953 8 Sheets-Sheet 3 EUGENE FARKAS RALPH TATULLE ALBERT LERNER INVENTORS #Y/WM ATTORNEY Nov. 30, 1954 E. FARKAS ETAL MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CEMENTING BUTTONS ON CARDS 8 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Feb. 12, 1953 FIG .9

EUGENE FARKAS RALPH TATULLE ALBERT LERIER I INVENTORS 3W W ATTORNEY Nov. 30, 1954 E. FARKAS ETAL 2,695,651

7 MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CEMENTING BUTTONS ON CARDS Filed Feb. 12, 1955 8 Sheefs-Sheet 5 14 m FIG. l2

EUGENE FARKAS RALPH TATULLE ALBERT LERNER IN V EN TORB BY WW ATTQRNEY Nov. 30, 1954 E. FARKAS ET AL MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CEMENTING BUTTONS ON CARDS Filed Feb. 12, 1953 8 Sheets-Sheet 6 EUGENE FARKAS RALPH TATULLE ALBERT\ LERNER INVENTORS ATTORNEY Nov. 30, 1954 E. FARKAS ETAL 2,595,651

MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CEMENTING BUTTONS 0N CARDS Filed Feb. 12, 1955 a Sheets-Sheet 7 EUGENE FARKAS RALPH TATULLEI ALBERT LERNERf INVENTORS ATTORNEY Nov. 30, 1954 E. FARKAS ETAL 2,695,651

MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CEMENTING BUTTONS ON CARDS Filed Feb. 12, 1953 8 Sheets-Sheet 8 i 210 l l 225 EUGENE FARKAS RALPH TATULLE ALBERT LERNER F IN V EN TORS BYWM ATTORNEY 23 is placed behind the block 22 and rests on the lower surface of the casing. The roller causes pressure against the block and against the cards and this causes movement of the cards by gravity towards the low and feeding front end of the magazine.

At the front end of the magazine is a large or main feed roller 25 which is rotatably mounted on a shaft 26 in contact with the front surface .of the end card. A small feed roller 27 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 23 at an elevation above the large feed roller 25 and is also in contact with the outer surface of the end card. The small feed roller 27 feeds the end card in direction of the large feed roller. The large feed roller 25 ejects the card with the assistance of an idler guide roller 29 which is rotatably mounted incontact with the rear surface of the end card.

A leaf spring 30 is fixed by a screw 31 to the upper portion of the casing 21. The spring has a downwardly curved free end portion 32 resting on the upper edge of the end card and urging the card in a downward direction. The action of the-spring in urging the end card downwardly co-acts with the feeding action of the rollers 25 and 27 to jointly feed the end card from the magazine in a downward direction and so that the card will fall upon the chain 15. j v

It is to be noted that at the feeding end of the magazine, I provide a slidable .plate 33 which may be ad justed by a screw 34 slidable in a slot 35 in the casing. The plate may be moved in direction of the roller 25 so as to predetermine the size of the opening between the feed roller 25 and the plate 33 to limit the opening therebetween to the thickness of a single card 14.

As shown in Figure 4, it will be seen that the guideways 13 are cut away at their upper surfaces and bent in an upward direction so as to provide inclined extensions 13a forming continuations of the lower surface of the guideways. The extensions 13a guide the cards 14 into the grooves of the guideways 13.

A printing mechanism for printing indicia upon the cards 14 is mounted upon a post 46 secured in up right position on the frame 11 by a threaded lower end portion of the post passing through the frame and secured by a threaded nut 47. The printing mechanism 45 comprises a bed or platen 48 serving for the support of a card during the printing operation. A printing memher or type holder 4% is suitably held in a housing 59. The housing '50 has an upright extension 51. The type holder 49 is mounted directly over the bed. The housing 59 is suitably supported by coil springs 52 and screws 53 from an angle member so as to be normally in a raised position above the bed. The screws 53 have threaded nuts 54 which are supported on the angular member 55. The angular member 55 is secured by screws 56 to an uprightextension 48 of the bed 48.

A solenoid 59 is secured to the upright extension 48' by screws 66, the solenoid being positioned so as to place the lower face of the solenoid plunger 61 in slightly spaced-apart relation above the upper surface of the extension 51. The plunger 61 serves for reciprocating the type holder 49 against the bed 48 in timed relation as determined by a cam actuated electric switch 62, the cam 63 being mounted on a rotatable upper shaft 65 of a punching mechanism to be described.

As shown in Figure 3a the front end portion of the shaft 26 carries a spur gear 36 which is in mesh with an idler gear 37 mounted on a shaft 38.

A gear 39 on the shaft 28 is in mesh with the idler gear 37. This arrangement causes the gears 36 and 39 to rotate in the same direction and the rollers 25 and 27 to feed in the same direction. V

In case it is desired to temporarily stop feeding the cards 14, I provide levers 46 mounted on a shaft 41. Each lever has a cam 40a at its upper end. The cams 411a are placed under levers 42 at each side of the magazine.

The levers 42 are mounted on pivots 43. The free ends of the levers 42 carry rollers 44. By moving the levers 40 in direction of the'arrow, the rollers 44 are moved toward the end card 14 and press the end card away from the small feed roller 27 and this stops the feeding motion of the cards 14.

As best shown in Figure 6, the solenoid plunger is raised by springs 66 positioned between the head of the plunger 61 and the upper surface of the solenoid 59. A lever 67 is mounted on a pivot 63 at the upper end plier 114 having one end open.

portion of the upright extension 48' with its free end resting on the head of the plunger 61.

A link 69 is connected at its upper end by a pivot 70 to the lever 67 and by a pivot 71 to an actuating arm 72 of a ratchet wheel 73 mounted on a transverse shaft 74.

The transverse shaft 74 carries two spaced-apart bevel gears 5'7, each provided for driving a bevel gear 58 of one of two spool shafts 64 arranged to actuate a conventional typewriter ribbon 6401, as is well known in the art.

The punching mechanism 75 comprises an upper punch plate 76 carrying male punches 77 and a lower die plate 78, carrying female dies 79, the mechanism being arranged so that the two carrier plates move towards each other or apart from each other.

The punching mechanism '75 also comprises the rotatably mounted upper shaft 65 and a rotatably mounted lower shaft 80. Two eccentrics 81 on the upper shaft operate the upper punch carrier 76. Two eccentrics 81 on the lower shaft 39 operate the lower die carrier 83. Each shaft carries a sprocket gear 84. The gears are in alignment and connected by a sprocket chain 86. At one end of the upper shaft 65 is a crank 37 to which a connecting rod 88 is secured. The upper connecting rod 88 is operatively secured to a crank 89 which actuates a fricton wheel 96 of a pawl and ratchet clutch 91 mounted on the card feeding magazine 20. At one end of the lower shaft 80 is a crank 87 to which a connecting rod 92 is secured. The lower connecting rod 92 is operatively secured to a crank 94 which actuates a ratchet wheel 95 of a pawl and ratchet clutch 96 mounted on he drive shaft 16' on which the driving sprocket wheel 16 is secured.

The punching mechanism described is mounted on an operating platform 97 suitably secured to the frame 11. The platform 97 has upright side walls 18 with dovetail keyways 99 in which dovetail keys 1110 slide. The dovetail keys 1% are integral with the die carrier 83.

At the upper portion of the punching mechanism 75, the punch carrier 76 is inserted and supported by an operating platform 1.01. Dovetail keys 102 are integral with. the operating platform 161 and are slidable in the dovetail keyways 99.

The numeral 11% indicates a preferred embodiment of a card cementing mechanism, which comprises a tank (not shown) for plastic cement, the cement being under air pressure. A flexible tube 111 connected at one end to the tank is connected at the other end to a tubular extension 112 of an end wall 113 of a tubular cement ap- The tubular cement applier 114 is rotatably mounted in frictionally contacting relation in a stationary tubular member 115. The stationary tubular member has an elongated axially positioned slot 116 and the cement applier 114 has a similar slot 117. (Figures 12 and 13.)

A crank 119 is connected to the extension 112 of the cement applier. The crank 119 is suitably connected to the plunger 120 of a solenoid 121. When the solenoid is energized, the plunger causes the cement applier 114 to rotate slightly and the slot 116 to'come into alignment with the slot 117 in the stationary tubular member 115. A small quantity of cementis squirted out from the cement applier through the slots upon a card 14 which is carried by the drive chain 15 under the stationary member 115.

A leaf spring 122 suitably secured to the frame 11 has a curved free end portion 123 and serves to hold the card 14 against the tubular member 115.

As shown in Figures 14 to 16 inclusive, we have provided an intermittent motion mechanism 125 for intermittently rotating an apertured button loading disk 126 so as to deliver a plurality of buttons 127 over each cemented card 14, as it reaches the loading disk 126 and in alignment with button pushers 128 to be described.

In the embodiment shown, the buttons 127 are fed from a hopper 129 to the loading disk 126. The loading disk has four sets of button apertures 130 positionedninety degrees apart. The disk 126 is positioned in raised position above the guideways 13. The mechanism 125 comprises a driving sprocket chain 131 from a source of power and which drives a sprocket gear 132 and a drive shaft 133 rotatably mounted in bearings 134 and 135. The drive shaft rotates bevel gears 136 and an upright shaft 137 rotatably mounted in a bearing 138.

The shaft 137 rotates a locking disk 140 having an arcu ate or sectoral cutout portion 141 of its peripheral surface form, on a plurality of ring-shaped areas on each card. Water soluble plastic cement may also be used and the securement takes place Without any applied pressure.

In accordance with the patent statutes we have described and illustrated the preferred embodiment of our invention, but it will be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein Without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

We claim:

1. In a machine for automatically carding buttons in a continuous operation and with the buttons detachably cemented on a display card; said machine comprising an elongated frame, two guideways of U-shaped cross-section secured to said frame and facing each other, an endless linked chain movably mounted on said frame between said guideways, said chain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, each carrier link being adapted to convey one of said cards along said guideways, a magazine for stacking cards in substantially upright relation and for feeding said cards on said chain and on said guide ways at'an end portion of said frame, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for applying cement around said perforations on each of said cards, a button loading disk rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame above said guideways, said loading disk having a perforated elastic support secured thereto and adapted to deliver a set of buttons in elastically supported relation and in alignment with a card in said guideways, means for pressing said buttons from said elastic support, means for actuating said chain in intermittent stepped relation, means for actuating said magazine feed, and said cement applying means, and said button loading disk in timed relation, and a heated chamber at the opposite end portion of said frame through which said chain and said display cards pass for drying said cement, to cause said buttons to be retained in permanent unitary relation on said cards while permitting ease of removal of said buttons from said cards.

2. In a machine for automatically carding buttons in a continuous operation and with the buttons detachably cemented on a rectangular display card; said machine comprising an elongated frame, two guideways of U- shaped cross-section secured to said frame and facing each other, said guideways being spaced apart a distance permitting said card to freely slide in supported relation therebetween, an endless linked chain movably mounted on a driving sprocket wheel and an idler sprocket wheel on said frame between said guideways and with its upper surface on a level with the lower surface of said guideways, said chain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, each carrier link being adapted to convey one of said cards along said guideways, a magazine for stacking cards in substantially upright relation and for feeding said cards one at a time on said chain and on said guideways at an end portion of said frame, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for applying plastic cement around said perforations on each of said cards, a button loading disk rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame above said guideways, said leading disk having a perforated elastic support secured thereto and adapted to deliver a set of buttons in elastically supported relation and in alignment with a card in said guideways, means for pressing said buttons from said elastic support, means for actuating said chain in intermittent stepped relation, means for actuating said magazine feed, and said cement applying means, and said button loading disk in timed relation, and a heated chamber at the opposite end portion of said frame through which said chain and said button mounted display cards pass for drying said cement, to cause said buttons to be retained in permanent unitary relation on said cards While permitting ease of removal of said buttons from said cards.

3. In a machine for automatically carding buttons in a continuous operation and with the buttons detachably cemented on a display card; said machine comprising an elongated frame, two guideways of U-shaped cross-section secured to said frame and facing each other, said guideways having integral guide members forming extensions of the lower surface thereof, an endless linked chain movably mounted on said frame between said guideways and with its upper surface on a level with the lower surface of said guideways, said chain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, each carrier link being adapted to convey one of said cards along said guideways, a magazine for stacking cards in substantially upright relation and for feeding said cards one at a time on said chain and on said guideway extensions, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for applying cement around said perforations on each of said cards, a button loading disk rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame above said guideways, said loading disk having a perforated elastic support secured thereto and adapted to deliver a set of buttons in elastically supported relation and in alignment with a card in said guideways, means for pressing said buttons from said elastic support, means for actuating said chain in intermittent stepped relation, means for actuating said magazine feed, and said cement applying means, and said button loading disk in timed relation, and a heated chamber at the opposite end portion of said frame through which said chain and said button mounted display cards pass for drying said cement, to cause said buttons to be retained in permanent unitary relation on said cards While permitting ease of removal of said buttons from said cards.

4-. in a machine for automatically carding buttons in a continuous operation and with the buttons detachably cemented on a display card; said machine comprising an elongated frame, two guideways of U-shaped cross-section secured to said frame and facing each other, said guideways having integral guide members forming extensions of the lower surface thereof, an endless linked chain mounted for motion on two sprocket wheels rotatable on said frame between said guideways, the upper surface of said chain being on a level with the lower surface of said guideways, said chain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, each carrier link being adapted to convey one of said cards along said guideways, a magazine supported in inclined position above said guideways and adapted for stacking cards in substantially upright relation and for feeding said cards one at a time on said chain and on said guideway extensions for movement through said guideways, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for. applying cement around said perforations on each of said cards, a button loading disk rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame above said guideways, said loading disk having a perforated elastic support secured thereto and adapted to deliver a plurality of buttons in elastically supported relation and in alignment with a card supported by said guideways, means for pressing said buttons from said elastic support, means for actuating said chain in intermittent stepped relation, means for actuating said magazine feed, and said cement applying means, and said button loading disk in timed relation, and a heated chamber at the opposite end portion of said frame through which said chain and said button mounted display cards pass for drying said cement, to cause said buttons to be retained in permanent unitary relation on said cards while permitting ease of removal of said buttons from said cards.

5. In a machine for automatically carding buttons in a continuous operation and with the buttons detachably cemented on a display card; said machine comprising an elongated frame, two guideways of U-shaped cross-section secured to said frame and facing each other, said guideways having integral guide members forming extensions of the lower surface thereof, an endless linked chain mounted for motion on two sprocket wheels rotatable on said frame between said guideways and at the ends thereof, the upper surface of said chain being on a level with the lower surface of said guideways, said chain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, each carrier link being adapted to convey one of said cards along said guideways, a magazine supported in inclined position above said guideways and adapted for stacking cards in substantially upright relation and for feeding said cards one at a time on said chain and on said guideway extensions for movement through said guideways, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for applying cement around said perforations on each of said cards, a button loading disk rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame above said guideways, said loading disk having a perforated elastic support secured thereto and adapted to deliver a plurality of buttons in elastically supported relation and in alignment with a cemented card supported by said guideways, means for pressing said buttons from said elastic support, means for actuating said chain in intermittent stepped relation, means for actuating said magazine feed, and said cement applying means, and said button loading disk in timed relation; and aheated chamber at the' eppesife end portion of said frarnethrough which saidchain and said button mounted display c'aids 355s for diyirig said cement, to cause said buttons to be retained in permanentunit'ary relatioifon'said cards while permitting "ease of retrieval of said button's fromsaidcards p p '6; In a'inachine for automatidally c'efrding articles in aycontinuous operation and with thea'rticles detachably cen'ienft'ed on a display cardasaid-machirm comprising "an elongated frame,-two guideway's of U s'lia ped cross-section secured to said frame and facing each other, said guideways having integral guide members forming extensions of the lower surface thereof, an endless linked chain mounted for motion on two sprocket wheels rotatable on said frame between said guideways and at the ends thereof, the upper surface of said chain being on a level with the lower surface of said guideways, said chain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, each carrier link being adapted to convey one of said cards along said guideways, a magazine supported in inclined position above said guideways and adapted for stacking cards in substantially upright relation and for feeding said cards one at a time on said chain and on said guideway extensions for movement through said guideways, means comprising a typewriter ribbon for printing indicia on each of said cards, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for applying cement around said perforations on each of said cards, an apertured article loading disk rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame above said guideways, said loading disk having a perforated elastic support secured thereto and adapted to deliver a plurality of articles in elastically supported relation and in alignment with a cemented card supported by said guideways, means for pressing said articles from said elastic support, means for actuating said chain in intermittent stepped relation, means for actuating said magazine feed, and said cement applying means, and said article loading disk in timed relation, and a heated chamber at the opposite end portion of said frame through which said chain and said article mounted display cards pass for drying said cement, to cause said articles to be retained in permanent unitary relation on said cards while permitting ease of removal of said articles from said cards.

7. In a machine for automatically carding articles in a continuous operation and with the articles detachably cemented on a display card; said machine comprising a frame, guideways of U-shaped cross-section secured to said frame and facing each other, said guideways having extensions of the lower surface thereof, an endless linked chain mounted for motion on two sprocket wheels rotatable on said frame between said guideways, the upper surface of said chain being level with the lower surface of said guideways, said chain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, each carrier link being adapted to convey one of said cards along said guideways, a magazine supported above said guideways and adapted for stacking cards in substantially upright relation and for feeding said cards one at a time on said chain for movement through said guideways, means comprising a typewriter ribbon for printing indicia on said cards, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for applying cement around said perforations on each of said cards, an apertured article loading disk rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame above said guideways, said loading disk having a perforated elastic support secured thereto and adapted to deliver a plurality of articles in elastically supported relation and in alignment with a cemented card supported by said guideways, means for pressing said articles from said elastic support, means for actuating said chain in intermittent relation, means for actuating said magazine feed, and said cement applying means, and said article loading disk in timed relation, and a heated chamber at the opposite end portion of said frame through which said article mounted display cards pass for drying said cement, to cause said articles to be retained in permanent unitary relation on said cards while permitting ease of removal of said articles from said cards.

8. In a machine for automatically carding articles in a continuous operation and with the articles detachably cemented on a display card; said machine comprising a frame, grooved guide members secured to said frame with the grooves facing each other, said guide members having extensions of the lower surface thereof, an endless 10 linked ch'ain mounted for motion ou two fsprocket wheels rotatableen said frame between said guide members, the

u per surface of said chainl'beinglevel with the lower surface of said grooves, 'saidchain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, 'ea'ch carrier link being adapted 'to *conveyene of said 'cards along said guide members; a r'riagazine supported above said guide memhers and 1 adapted for stacking-cards in substantially upr'ightrelationand for feeding said cards'o'ne'at a time on sa'id cha'in for movement thiough sa'id' grooves, means for printing indicia on said cards, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for applying cement in annular form around the perforated portions of said cards, an apertured article loading disk rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame above said guide members and adapted to support and deliver a plurality of articles in supported relation and in alignment with a cemented card supported by said guide members, means for removing said articles from said loading disk, means for actuating said chain in intermittent relation, means for actuating said magazine feed, and said cement applying means, and said article loading disk in timed relation, and a heated chamber at the opposite end portion of said frame through which said article cemented display cards pass for drying said cement, to cause said articles to be retained in unitary relation on said cards while pendnitting ease of removal of said articles from said car s. i

9. In a machine for automatically carding articles by cementing said articles on a display card; said machine comprising a frame, grooved guide members secured to said frame with the grooves facing each other, said guide members having extensions for guiding cards into said grooves, an endless linked chain mounted for motion on two sprocket wheels rotatable on said frame between said guide members, the upper surface of said chain being level with the lower surface of said grooves, said chain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, each carrier link being adapted to convey one of said cards along said guide members, a card stacking magazine supported above said guide members and adapted for feeding said cards one at a time on said chain for movement through said grooves, means comprising a typewriter ribbon for printing indicia on said cards, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for applying cement in annular form around the perforated portions of said cards, a loading disk having; cavities for supporting said articles and being rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame and adapted to deliver a plurality of articles in diametrical position, a rotatable multiple arm member having spring fingers adapted for removing said articles from said loading disk and delivering said articles on a cemented card supported by said guide members, means for actuating said chain in intermittent relation, means for actuating said magazine feed, and said cement applying means, and said article loading disk in timed relation, and a heated chamber at the opposite end portion of said frame through which said article cemented display cards pass for drying said cement, to cause said articles to be retained in unitary relation on said cards while permitting ease of removal of said articles from said cards.

10. In a machine for automatically carding articles by cementing said articles on a display card, said machine comprising a frame, grooved guide members secured to said frame with the grooves facing each other, said guide members having extensions for guiding cards into said grooves, an endless chain mounted for motion on two sprocket wheels rotatable on said frame between said guide members, the upper surface of said chain being level with the lower surface of said grooves, said chain having carrier links laterally extending therefrom, each carrier link being adapted to convey one of said cards along said guide members, a card stacking magazine supported above said guide members at one end of said frame and adapted for feeding said cards one at a time on said chain for movement through said grooves, means comprising a typewriter ribbon for printing indicia on said cards, means for punching perforations in said cards, means for applying cement in annular form around said perforations on each of said cards, a loading disk having cavities for supporting said articles and being rotatable on a vertical shaft at one side of said frame and adapted to deliver a plurality of articles in opposite diametrical position, a rotatable multiple arm member having spring gngers agalptel fordgll'iippingdaizld removindg saidl articles References Cited in the file of this patent om sai 0a ing is and e ivering sai artic es on a cemented card supported by said guide members, means UNITED STATES PATENTS for actuating said chain, means for actuating said maga- Number Name Date zine feed, and said cement applying means, and said article 5 760,893 Meetz May 24, 1904 loading disk in timed relation, and a heated chamber at 1,354,308 Kollmar Sept. 28, 1920 the opposite end portion of said frame through which 2,433,862 Nadeau Jan. 6, 1948 said article cemented display cards pass for drying said 2,597,912 Troll May 27, 1952 cement, to cause said articles to be retained in unitary 2,629,296 Feyrer Feb. 24, 1953 relation on said cards while permitting ease of removal of 0 2,641,298 Kinnear, Jr. June 9, 1953 said articles from said cards. 

